Portable lantern.



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1,274,713. Patented Aug. 6,1918.

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OSCAR HOFFNN AND CARL WOLTEB., F STUTTGART, GERMANY.

PORTABLE LANTERN.

Speclcatin of Letters Patent.

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i Application filed September 8, 1916'. Serial No. 119,11@`

To aZZ @hom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, OSCAR HOFFMANN, a

.resident of Stuttgart, Germany, and CARL WOLTER, a reside't of Stuttgart,- -Germany,

have made an linvention of certain new and useful Improvements in .Portable Lanterns,

and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexactdescription of the same. s

Our invention relates to portable lanterns or lamps and more particularly to a portable lantern provided with an electricsource of light such as a dry storage-cell and a glow lamp to be connected with it. The object of urinvention is a lantern permitting the rays of light to be projected either in a forward direction orto the sides or the ground, as needs be.

In order to attain this result, the lantern according to our invention carries a tubular projection inclosing. the source of light proper and having openings arranged on its circumference. 'A tubular shutter isrotatably disposed on this projection, openings in the walls of the shutter coinciding with the openings of the projection,l when the tube is turned one way or the other. The tube may be removed altogether from the projection; its front aperture is adapted also to be closed at will.

In order to secure an-easy and reliable adjustment of the lantern, an" arm is arranged on the tube, said arm being adapted to coperate with stops arranged on the lantern casing, the stops at both sides .of the -casing being rigid, while a third stop in the middle is'resilient. When the arm is in coni. tact with the middle stop, all 'the apertures of the lantern areclosed; when it touches the stop disposed on one side, the bottom aperture is opened, and whenever itA is in contact with the stop on the other side, the 'side openings are uncovered.

In order. to renderthe cutting in and out of the source of light sure and easy and to protect the dry cell, the arm onjtheitube is preferably constructed to actas an electric contact adapted to cdperate, in its middle and end positions, with electric contacts arranged on the casing and 'thus to close the lamp circuit.

In the drawings aiiXed to lthis speciication' and forming part thereof the preferred form of a portable lantern according to our invention is represented.

Figure l shows the lantern with all its apertures closed',

. ig. 2is another aperture opened;

Fig. 3 shows the position of parts when. the side apertures are open; in

Fignl the bottom aperture alone is shown to be open.

Fig. 5 shows the lantern with the Vfront I shutter lowereds -F1g. 6 is a view of the lantern showing the front shutter in'a half open position so as to throw rays of' light to the ground.v l

Fig. 7 shows the lantern with the tubular af view of the tubular shutter,

view showing the front Referring to the drawings a-is the lantern casing, b is a dry cell inclosed in it, c is a reflector, d is the tubular projectinn'carry-A ing the glow lamp e arranged in its axis by means of a tube e So as t0 emit uniform and powerful rays Vof light backward-to the retlector, forward, sidewiseand to the ound.

Sidewise of and below the lamp si e-openings f and a bottom opening g are arranged in the tubular projection d. 71. is the 'tubular shutter'rotatably 'disposed' on said projection and presenting two diametrically' opposite opegnings t of substantially the size ofthe front of said openings by turning tube h;

Shutter hicarries a; u-r'ved arm 7c yloosely engaging 1n a slot Z 0% quadrant form; ar-

ranged in the casing a. Arm is disposed .openings f .and adapted to "be brought -in at an angle of about 45'. with regard to a chord supposed to connect the centers of the openings 4 Near themiddle part of slot Z a resilient stop is arranged within the casing, said stop offering a certain resistance to the movement ofarm 7c, without-however hindering it altogether.. This stop has the form of Aa resilient contact piece m-forming part of a metal strip t fastened to the front Wall of the casing, concentrically to slot Z, by aid of insulating pieces u. Strip t further presents two more contacts m, 1n, located above slot Z.

Strip t. is connected, by aid of a wire fw, to the storage cell b. Arm ,7c is electrically connected to tube c by aid of shutter 7L and tube d. The lamp contact wire y is connected to storage cell b by means of wire to.

A front shutter n carrying a small auxiliary shutter 0 serves to cover the front'open# ing of the lantern. Shutter 'n is carried by arms p provided with Slots r embracing pms g arranged on the sides of the casing. In order to prevent the'arms from obstructing the path of the light rays emitted sidewise, indentures s of a suitable form are arranged on them.

The lantern described operates as follows:

In the position of parts shown in Fig. l arm 7c is in contact with the eentral'contact piece m and the lamp is therefore connected to the storage cell. However, as all the shutters are closed, front shutter n covering tube d, auxiliary shutter o covering the front openino` of shutterl a and the openings f and g bemg equally covered, no light can escape to the outside.

If it is desired to send a narrow bundle of light rays in a forward direction, the auxiliary shutter o is lifted (Fig. 2). I f all the light available shall escape in a forward direction, shutter a is first pulled forward and is then lowered into the position shown in Fig. 5.

In order to throw the lamp out of circuit, the shutter h need onlyA be turned alittle to the right or left. Arm k is then carried into either one of the positions 7c or 7c (Fig. 10) and is disconnected. j

In order to. send rays of light to the side the shutter 71l is turned in the. direction of the arrow Z, until arm 7c meets contact m. The openings f and e' coincide in this position and at the same time the lamp circuit is closed.

rfhe sending of rays in a downward direction may also be effected by lifting shutter u a little (Fig. 6). As the'shutter 1s highly polished on its inner face, a bundle of light rays is thrown to the ground.

We wish it to be understoodv that our invention is not limited by or restricted to the particular form of a lantern shown in the drawings which is merely meant to be an eX- ample of a handy device in accordance with our invention.

1. In a portable electric lantern in combination, a casing, a tubular projection on the. front wall of said casing, an electric lamp in said'tubular projection, means for feeding said lamp with electricity, a reflector behind said lamp, openings in said tubular projection allowing the lamp to optionally send bundles of rays not only to the rear upon the reflector, but also in a forward and sidewise direction and to the ground, and a tubu lar shutter arranged on said tubular projection and adapted to simultaneously close both the side and bottom openings of said proj ection.

2. In a portable electric lantern in combination, a casing, a tubular projectionI on the front wall of said casing, an electric lamp in said tubular, projection, means for feeding' said lamp with electricity, a reflector behind said lamp, openings in said tubular projection allowing` the lamp to optionally send bundles of rays not only to the rear upon the reflector, but also in a forward and sidewise direction and to the ground, a tubular shutter arranged on said tubular projection and adapted to simultaneously close both the side and bottom openings of said projection and a front shutter adapted to fully or part y close the front opening of said projection. 8. In a portable electric lantern in combi-- nation, a casing, a tubular projection ou the front wall of said casing, an electric lamp in said tubular projection`,means for feeding said lamp with electricity, a reflector behind said lamp, openings in said tubular projection allowing the lamp to optionally send bundles of rays not only to the rear upon the reflector, but also in a forward and sidewise direction and tothe ground, a tubular shut. ter arranged on said tubular projection and adapted to simultaneously close both the side and bottom openings of said projection, a front shutter adapted to fully or partly close the front opening of said projection, a central opening in said front shutter and an auxiliary shutter pivoted to said front` shutter and adapted to close the said central opening.

4. In a portable electric lantern in comb?.- nation, a casing,a tubular projection on the front wall of said casing, an electric lamp in said tubular projection, means for feeding said lamp with electricity, a reflectorV behind said lamp, openings in said tubular projecA tion allowing the lamp to optionally send bundles of rays not only to the rear upon the front wall of said casing, an electric lamp in said tubular projection, means for feeding said lamp with electricity, a reflector behind said lamp, openings in said tubular projection allowing the lamp to optionally send bundles of rays not only to the rear upon the reflector,4 but also in a forward and sidewise direction and to the ground, a

`bination, a casing, a tubular projection on the front wall of said casing, `an electric lamp in said tubular'projection, `means for feeding said lamp with electricity, a'reflectorbehind saidlamp, openings in said tubular projection allowing the lamp to option'- ally send bundles f rays not only to the rear upon the reflector, ut alsoin a forward and sidewise direction and to the ground, a tubu v lar shutter arranged on said tubular projec-- tion and adapted to simultaneously close both the side V1nd bottom openings of said projection and a plurality of ,stops adapted to limit the movement of rotationof said tubular shutter, one of said stops being adapted to close the lamp circuit.

nation, a casing, a tubular projection on the front wall of said casing, an electric lamp insaid tubular projection,.means for kfeeding said lamp with electricity, a reflector 'behind' saidilamp, openings in said tubular projection allowing the lamp to optionally send bundles. of rays not only. to the rear upon the reflector, but also in a forward and sidewise direction and to the ground, a tubu-4 lar shutter arranged on said tubular projec' tion and adapted lto simultaneously close both the side and bottom openings of said projection, a contact armon said tubular shutter and three stops on. the casing adapted to limit the movement of rotation of said .l tubular shutter, pne of said stops being adapted to coperatewith said contact arln to close the la'lnp circuit.

S. In a portable electric lantern in combination, a casing, a tubular projection on the front wall of said casing, an electric lamp in said/tubular projection, means for feeding said lamp `with electricity, a reflector behind said lamp, openings in said tubular` projection allowing the lamp'to optionally send bundles of rays not only tothe rear upon the,

relector, but also in a forward and sidewise direction and to the ground, a tubular shutter arranged on said tubular projection and adapted to simultaneously close both the side and bottom openings of said projection, a front shutter adapted to fully or partly close the front opening of said projection,

` arms on said shutter in gear with said casing and means for' longitudinally displacing said arms relatively to said casing- V 9k. In a portable electric lantern in combinatiom'a casing, a tubular projection on the -front' wall of saidcasing, an electric lamp in j said tubular projection, means for feeding said lalnp withy electricity, aVV reflector behind said lamp, openings in said tubular projectlon allowlng the lainp to optionally upon the reiector, but also in a forwardand sidewise direction and to the ground, atubular shutter arranged on said tubular projecsend bundles of rays not only to the rear 7. In a portableelectric lantern in combition and adapted to simultaneously close both the side-and bottom openings of said projection, a front shutter adapted to fully or .partly close the front opening of said projection, arms on said shutter in gear with said casing,vmeans for longitudinally displacing said arms relatively to said casing.

and indentures on said arms in front of the side openings of said tubular projection. In testimony whereof wehave signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' OSCAR HOFFMANN. CARL WOLTER.. Witnesses: ROSA THALBAUER, PAUMNE MLLER. 

